Martin Börgel becomes board member of the Veneto Tissue Bank Foundation FBTV
The Fondazione Banca dei Tessuti del Veneto ETS (Veneto Tissue Bank Foundation) is a non-profit organization. Established in 2011 as a foundation in response to the growing need for human tissues for a transplant in public hospital in Treviso, today the FBTV is one of the leading tissue banks in Italy for the:
- procurement, preservation and distribution of human tissue such as cardiac homografts, vascular segments, amniotic membrane and osteo-tendon tissue, adipose tissue;
- raising public awareness of the high moral value of tissue donation for implantation purposes promoting research and studies in the field of surgery and transplantation/implantation, also in cooperation with University Institutes and with healthcare companies;
- stimulating the research and new application possibilities.
Certified by the Italian National Transplants Centre and by Certiquality (Quality Management System conforms to the ISO 9001:2008 standard), the activities of FBTV are focused towards increasing public awareness about the importance of tissue donation and providing surgeons with human tissue for transplantation in accordance with the highest international standards of quality and safety. Every year the Foundation distributes more than 7,000 tissues thanks to the generosity of 180 Multi tissue Donors and more than 1,000 living donors.